Snow Pack?

[Danny]

I posted tis same message on "that other site", but I understand that I will likely not get much good info from there. So, I am posting it here as well, knowing that there is an incredible knowledge base on this site to help me quickly find an answer.

I live in Utah and I know that, barring a miracle, we are all screwed this coming summer. However, I spend a good deal of my summer fishing in my drift boat on the rivers in Montana and Wyoming. I'm wondering if anyone has any info on the snowpack in western Montana and Wyoming?

Thanks,
Danny

[robinsoj]

Click on the "Montana Snow Pack" link at the bottom of this page:

http://www.flyfishingyellowstone.com/reports.htm

I thought you might be interested in this Web site itself.

Here is one for Wyoming:

http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/wrds/nrcs/snowprec/snowprec.html

All you have to do is search for Montana Snow Pack or Wyoming Snow Pack on Google and find a good site.

[Junge]

Here are some links that should help:

ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/snow/update/wy.txt
ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/snow/update/mt.txt
ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/snow/update/ut.txt

[raposaNegra]

most of the drainages in Idaho are in the 70-80% range while Utah is in the 50-60%.... I may have to do more fishing up there this year.

[Wyoming2utah]

I think all of you put way too much stock into snowpacks...there are other things to consider when summer water amounts come into play. For example, a cold spring will delay run-off making the eventual run-off much more efficient and reservoirs will stay more full than with a warm spring. We are not yet "screwed" for the coming summer...what happens in the next couple of months will tell us how this summer will be. Can we catch-up to normal water levels? No. But, the situation will be greatly improved if we get a long wet spring and a late run-off. Last year was really bad because we saw virtually no water in our wettest months (March, April, May) and had a very early spring run-off. It always helps to have farmers irrigating as the reservoirs are filling, not when run-off has ended!

[Trouty]

In light of the recent moisture, just wanted to bring these links on the snowpack back to the top.

I'm certainly grateful for the moisture but we still need a lot more!!!

[Trout4x]

I wish I would have printed the old one out the first time the post was made to see how much of a difference it made.

[Trouty]

I was wondering the same thing!

[jdubya]

was up to 100%! utah still in the mid 70's..

[BRY]

Even if our snowpack was 100%, we are still lacking because of the present water levels in most our reservoirs. 100% snowpack will not fill them up.

[crimedog]

Thats correct it won't. But it also would go along way to helping us for this coming year. 100% would fill up more then we lose for the coming summer.

[Graycliff]

The weather report last night didn't paint a very good picture.
Bear Lake- 21% full
Jordanelle- 74-ish% full
the rest of the resevoirs are somewhere in the middle
Lake Powell is reprting 93 feet below normal.
Looks like a brown-lawn year to me.

[crimedog]

On the plus side for Lake Powell Wyoming is 94 % of normal and Colorado is 92 % of Normal.